Political Quotes

“Mr. President and fellow colleagues, I come to the floor today to talk about the American Energy Innovation Act, which is here before the Senate and which we are considering this week. America's energy landscape has changed dramatically since the last major Energy bill was enacted by Congress more than a decade ago. It is time to update our outdated energy policy to reflect today's realities, goals, and challenges in the energy sector. The American Energy Innovation Act--the business before the Senate today--is the cumulation of more than a year of hearings, business meetings, and negotiations in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. I commend Chairman Murkowski and Ranking Member Manchin for their leadership and all of us on the committee in bringing this strong, bipartisan, ``all of the above'' energy package to the floor. Included in this legislation are a number of provisions I have proposed that will benefit Idaho and the Nation. First, the bill appropriately recognizes the importance of having a strong domestic nuclear industry. I represent not just one of the Department of Energy's National Laboratories, but I represent the Nation's flagship nuclear energy laboratory, the Idaho National Lab. Nuclear power is the Nation's largest source of reliable, carbon-free energy.…”